Clasp-holder for irons.



Pat anted Feb. .20, 1917.

.JBRUHE UNITED STATES PATES'T OFFICE.

LOUIS JOS. BRUNE, OF ALGIERS, LOUISIANA.

CLASP-HOLDER ron IRONS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20,1917.

Application t omen 21, 1918. sum in meat.

' To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that-I, -LOUIS Jos. BRUNE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Algiers, in the parish of Orleans, State of Louisiana, haveinvented a new and useful Clasp-Holder for Irons; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to a clasp holder for fiat irons, and hasfor its object to provide a device of this character which embodiesnovel features of construction whereby it can be readily appliedto orremoved from the handle, of an ordinary flat iron and will enable theflat iron to be handled without the use of a rag or cloth holder, andwithout danger of burning the hands.

Further objects of the invention are .to provide a flat iron holderwhich is simple and inex ensive in its construction, which can be a mostinstantly applied to or removed from -the handle of any conventionalflat iron, and which enables a hot fiat iron tofbe handled withoutburning the fingers.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certainnovel combina tions and arrangements of the parts as will more fullyappear'as the description procoeds, the novel features thereof beingpointed out in the appended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a flat iron provided with a holderconstructed in ac oordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view through the claspholderand fiat iron handle, said viewbeing taken on the line 2 2; ofFig. 1. a

Fig. 3 is of Fig. 1.*

Fig. 4 is adetail view I ofthe clasp holder,

the two halves thereof shown as swungapart into an open position.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

For the purpose of illustration, the holder is shown as applied to thehandle 1 of an ordinary flat iron 2, the upper portion of a snail a ntheli'ne 3-3] the handle being enlarged at 1 in the usual manner to p1'ovide a .hand hold which can be more readily 'gras ed by the hand. Ordinarily, rag and 0 0th holders are used when graspirg the handle of theflat iron in order to prevent burning of the hands,

- and the object of the'present invention is to from the ends oftherecesses 4 through the ends of the he Ives B of the holder, saidnecks being angulai'lydisposed {and being adapted to receive the reducedend portions of the handle 1 in such a manner as to interlock therewithand prevent bodily rotation of the holder upon the. handle. The twohalves 3 of th e holder are hingedly connected with each other at theirupper edges, as indicated at H, said upper edges being alsocorrespondingly recessed to provide a pocket 7 within whic h a coilspring 8 is housed, the respective extremities of the said springbeingextendid laterallyat 8 and secured w to the halves 3 of the holdersothat thetension in the s ring normally tends to swing the halves osition.

The. swingi: 1g edge of oneof the halves 3 is providedv ith a latchplate 9, while the nose 10 of a spring latch member-10 prothe holderinto-an open pojects from the swinging edge of the oppositehalf 3, saidnose being adaptedto engage the latch plate to lock. the two halves ofthe holder securely together when they are forcibly cIosed. The springlatch mem berlO is suit i'bly let into the member 3 so as not tointerfere with-the smooth exterior.

surface of the latter, and a button 11 which projects from the springlatch member-terminates flush with the surface of the member 3, so thatit .does therefrom,

inwardly by the pressure of one of the When this button is thus forcedof the spring latch disengaged from the latch fingers. inwardly the nose10 member 10 in not project outwardly. although it can be readily forcedits -plate 9 and the two ha1ves 3 of the home?- -swung into an p nposition by the action of .the spring 8.- v

If desired, the recesses 4 may be'lined with asbestos or like material,as indicated at 12, and corrugated spring plates 13 may be arranged overthe lining in such a manner as to yieldably engagethe enlarged portionlof the flat iron handle. 1 to take up any looseness which wouldotherwise be pres- Q- ent, The flat, ironhandle'is -thus securely@grippedin suchfa manner that'it can be easily 'ha'ndled without dangerof burning .the hands. .The; holder is "locked against bodily rotation,upon. the'flat iron handle when inposition thereon, and it can .bealmost instantly clasped upon the handle, or

removed therefrom bypressing upwardly upon the button 11.

Having thus described the invention,

what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent, is

, 1. A clasp holder forflat iron handles,

including .a pair of complemental halves hingedly connected at one oftheir edgesandpgrrespondingl recessed on their inner faces to receivethe fiat iron handle, corrurugated spring-,pl ate s extending around thegated s ring plates within. the recesses for positive y grippin theflatiron handle, and v dlesina pair of complemental; halves reduced portionsof thefl'at ironhandle, cor- 'bases of the recesses for positivelygripping the flat iron-"handle, and latch -means for lockingtheftwdcompleinental halves in a closed-position. I

1 In testimony whereof I have signed my 45 name-to-this' specificationin the h presence of LWOSllbSCIIbiIlg witnesses.

l'Wit'nesses: 7'

SIDNEY E Pl T-TQL r Enmas'r Banish.

Louis .103. BRUNE;

